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7137
National Ranking
3275

Overview

Stephen S. Leonard is affiliated with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including medicine, environmental science, and materials science. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on health, toxicology and mutagenesis, materials chemistry, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, and physiology.

The main topics addressed in their research involve air quality and health impacts, burn injury management and outcomes, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, occupational and environmental lung diseases, smoking behavior and cessation, indoor air quality and microbial exposure, as well as boron and carbon nanomaterials research.

Their recent publications include these papers:

  • "Toxicology of flavoring- and cannabis-containing e-liquids used in electronic delivery systems", 2021, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Effects of E-Cigarette Flavoring Chemicals on Human Macrophages and Bronchial Epithelial Cells", 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Toxicity evaluation following pulmonary exposure to an as-manufactured dispersed boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) material in vivo", 2020, NanoImpact
  • "ROS generation is involved in titanium dioxide nanoparticle-induced AP-1 activation through p38 MAPK and ERK pathways in JB6 cells", 2021, Environmental Toxicology
  • "Biological effects of inhaled hydraulic fracturing sand dust. III. Cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory responses in cultured murine macrophage cells", 2020, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Frequent co-authors of Stephen S. Leonard include:

  • Sherri Friend
  • Aleksandr B. Stefaniak
  • Vamsi Kodali
  • Walter McKinney
  • Michael L. Kashon

Publication venues where Leonard has contributed multiple works include:

  • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • NanoImpact

Best Publications

  • Resveratrol scavenges reactive oxygen species and effects radical-induced cellular responses.

    Stephen S Leonard;Chang Xia;Bin-Hua Jiang;Beth Stinefelt

  • Metal-induced oxidative stress and signal transduction.

    Stephen S. Leonard;Gabriel K. Harris;Xianglin Shi

  • Cadmium inhibits the electron transfer chain and induces reactive oxygen species.

    Yudong Wang;Jing Fang;Stephen S Leonard;K.Murali Krishna Rao

  • Mouse pulmonary dose- and time course-responses induced by exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Dale W Porter;Ann F Hubbs;Robert R Mercer;Robert R Mercer;Nianqiang Wu

  • Cardiovascular effects of pulmonary exposure to single-wall carbon nanotubes.

    Zheng Li;Tracy Hulderman;Rebecca Salmen;Rebecca Chapman

  • Raw Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Induce Oxidative Stress and Activate MAPKs, AP-1, NF-κB, and Akt in Normal and Malignant Human Mesothelial Cells

    Maricica Pacurari;Xuejun J. Yin;Jinshun Zhao;Ming Ding

  • Oxidative stress and inflammatory response in dermal toxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes

    A.R. Murray;E. Kisin;S.S. Leonard;S.H. Young

  • Role of reactive oxygen species and p53 in chromium(VI)-induced apoptosis.

    Jianping Ye;Suwei Wang;Suwei Wang;Stephen S. Leonard;Stephen S. Leonard;Yi Sun

  • Concept of assessing nanoparticle hazards considering nanoparticle dosemetric and chemical/biological response metrics.

    Erik K. Rushton;Jingkun Jiang;Stephen S. Leonard;Shirley Eberly

  • S-Nitrosylation of Bcl-2 Inhibits Its Ubiquitin-Proteasomal Degradation: A NOVEL ANTIAPOPTOTIC MECHANISM THAT SUPPRESSES APOPTOSIS *

    Neelam Azad;Val Vallyathan;Liying Wang;Vimon Tantishaiyakul

  • Vanadate-induced Expression of Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1α and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor through Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway and Reactive Oxygen Species

    Ning Gao;Min Ding;Jenny Z. Zheng;Zhuo Zhang

  • Freshly fractured quartz inhalation leads to enhanced lung injury and inflammation. Potential role of free radicals.

    V Vallyathan;V Castranova;D Pack;S Leonard

  • Acute pulmonary dose-responses to inhaled multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Dale W. Porter;Ann F. Hubbs;Bean T. Chen;Walter McKinney

  • Cobalt-mediated generation of reactive oxygen species and its possible mechanism

    Stephen Leonard;Peter M. Gannett;Yon Rojanasakul;Diane Schwegler-Berry

  • Luteolin and Chrysin Differentially Inhibit Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression and Scavenge Reactive Oxygen Species but Similarly Inhibit Prostaglandin-E2 Formation in RAW 264.7 Cells

    Gabriel K. Harris;Yong Qian;Stephen S. Leonard;Deborah C. Sbarra

  • Vanadate induces p53 transactivation through hydrogen peroxide and causes apoptosis

    Chuanshu Huang;Zhuo Zhang;Min Ding;Jingxia Li

  • Antioxidant properties of aspirin: Characterization of the ability of aspirin to inhibit silica-induced lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, NF-κB activation, and TNF-α production

    Xianglin Shi;Min Ding;Zigang Dong;Fei Chen

  • p38 Signaling-mediated Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1α and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Induction by Cr(VI) in DU145 Human Prostate Carcinoma Cells

    Ning Gao;Bing-Hua Jiang;Stephen S. Leonard;Linda Corum

  • Vanadate-induced cell growth regulation and the role of reactive oxygen species.

    Zhuo Zhang;Chuanshu Huang;Jingxia Li;Stephen S. Leonard

  • Diabetic cardiomyopathy-associated dysfunction in spatially distinct mitochondrial subpopulations.

    Erinne R. Dabkowski;Courtney L. Williamson;Valerie C. Bukowski;Rebecca S. Chapman

Frequent Co-Authors

Xianglin Shi
Xianglin Shi University of Kentucky
Vincent Castranova
Vincent Castranova West Virginia University
Val Vallyathan
Val Vallyathan National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Vince Castranova
Vince Castranova West Virginia University
Min Ding
Min Ding National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Zhuo Zhang
Zhuo Zhang University of Kentucky
Jianping Ye
Jianping Ye Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chuanshu Huang
Chuanshu Huang New York University
Fei Chen
Fei Chen Stony Brook University
Liying Wang
Liying Wang National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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